Sustainable by Design: Explorations in Theory and Practice

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Routledge, 2006 - Počet stran: 244

To advance the subject of design one has to engage in the activity of designing. Sustainable by Design offers a compelling and innovative, design-centred approach that explores both the meaning and practice of sustainable design. Walker explores the design process in the context of sustainability, and challenges conventional ways of defining, designing and producing functional objects. He discusses the personal design process, tacit knowledge, ephemeral design, experimental design, and the relationship between intellectual design criteria, physical expression and aesthetic experience.

This book will introduce vital concepts to students and will inspire designers by providing a well-articulated basis for understanding the complexity and potential of sustainable design, and extolling the contribution of design to the creation of a more meaningful material culture.

 

Obsah

1 Introduction
1
the cage of aesthetic convention
7
the evolution of a contemporary myth
15
a journey in design
29
object lessons
39
objects as symbols of beauty
53
how the other half lives
61
the attraction of opposites
71
unmasking the object
113
crushed before the moth
139
after the endgame
149
light touch
167
the considered gaze
185
16 Epilogue
201
Notes
205
Bibliography
227

experiments in sustainable product design
79
visual myths
99
Index
235
Autorská práva

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O autorovi (2006)

Stuart Walker PhD is Professor of Environmental Design and Associate Dean (Research and International) at the post-graduate Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Canada. He is also Visiting Professor of Sustainable Design at Kingston University, UK.

Bibliografické údaje

NázevSustainable by Design: Explorations in Theory and Practice
Sustainable by Design: Explorations in Theory and Practice, Stuart Walker
AutorStuart Walker
Vydáníilustrované vydání, dotisk
VydavatelRoutledge, 2006
ISBN184407353X, 9781844073535
DélkaPočet stran: 244
  
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